Aurelien Collin

A crazy, sloppy, pretty rough soccer game ends in a glorious, beautiful two goal win for the Timbers over the New York Red Bulls. It was a very active first half for both sides, but not much was made of it by either team; and if aerial clearances are your aphrodisiac, this was the half for you. Both sides started out in the first two minutes testing the waters, but it soon ramped up and turned into a very hectic, chaotic 45 minutes.

By the time the fourth official had indicated that there would be four minutes of stoppage time, the crowd at Red Bull Arena had already been entertained. They had already seen four goals, one of which was a curler from distance by Sean Davis, and with the New York Red Bulls up 3-1 on Orlando City, the match seemed to be just about over.

The New York Red Bulls left no questions of how the team will prioritize the U.S. Open Cup this season after reaching the semi-final for the first time since 2003.

"As big as the [NYCFC] game is, we are all excited about the semi-final, so we want to make sure that whatever we do, that we put a team on the field, come whenever that date is, that is really ready to do everything to win that match," said Jesse Marsch at training Wednesday.

Happy Mother's Day to my mom, who I think will read this actually probably not, and to all other mom's. Oh and on the field, results went Seattle's way.

A win means three more points, and the Sounders now lie only one point behind the red line, with games in hand. For the most part Seattle again saw the rest of the league give them the results they needed.

The veteran centerback is changing clubs again. SODO scheduling is getting worked out. What if the Premier League had a draft?

Major League Soccer

Aurelien Collin has been deemed expendable at Orlando City -- it appears he's on the move to New York Red Bulls for a fourth round pick. Orlando is still on the hook for a major chunk of his $525,000 bill, though.

The MLS offseason continues to move along, and one former KC player that was without a contract has re-signed with his old club. Aurelien Collin turned down offers from Europe, and is instead returning to the New York Red Bulls for the 2017 season. Collin spent most of the 2016 season with the Red Bulls after being traded by Orlando City early in the season.

It'd been a rough second season in Orlando for former Kansas City defender, Aurelien Collin. The Frechman lost his starting job at Orlando and had made just two appearances for the club. This past week though Collin was traded to the New York Red Bulls in exchange for a conditional draft pick. The move is a good one for the Red Bulls who won't be fronting all of Collin's salary and will get a proven center back who can help them work through their current injury issues along the back line.

Khari Stephenson was a major part of San Jose's team last year in MLS play, this year not so much, as the Jamaican has appeared in just four games this season for the Earthquakes. With that having happened, Stephenson is headed out on loan for the rest of the season to NASL side, San Antonio.

Yura Movsisyan has created a solid career for himself in Europe after leaving MLS after the 2009 MLS season. After a success move to Denmark, Movsisyan moved to Russia and eventually joined Spartak Moscow. Movsisyan had success originally at Spartak, but this has been hampered by a knee injury that required surgery.

Reports that former KC Wizards forward continue to build and while no official word on his announcement has been made, it seems it will be only a matter of time before the 31 year old is officially announced as having retired from soccer.

The 2015 MLS season has kicked off, but it wasn't exactly a smooth kick off for a number of former players. Teal Bunbury, Aurelien Collin, and CJ Sapong all had disappointing ends to their first games of the season. Collin's game ended in the 83rd minute when he was sent off for a sliding challenge on NYCFC's David Villa.

The list of former players has once again expanded and changed as the MLS season has ended and teams are moving players. Aurelien Collin, CJ Sapong, and Soony Saad all join the list of former players. Meanwhile, others are moving to new clubs, Michael Harrington was traded by Portland to Colorado, while another, Rauwshan McKenzie is looking for a new club.

Another stat, this time it's the most starts for Sporting KC. In league play this year, three players made their 100th start for KC. Graham Zusi, Seth Sinovic, and Aurelien Collin all hit the mark. Assuming his recovery goes well, Chance Myers should hit the mark, as should the reacquired Roger Espinoza early in the 2015 season.

Some more stats for you this offseason. Now I'm going to update the list of appearances for the club. This year Sporting had three players, Seth Sinovic, CJ Sapong, and Aurelien Collin, hit the century mark for appearances in league play. Additions to this list in 2015 are looking quite slim with Paulo Nagamura needing 33 appearances to hit 100 being the only player on the roster within touching distance this year.

It's time to start updating my stats again ahead of the 2015 MLS season. In doing so I'll try to do one every day or every other day or so as we head towards the 2015 MLS season. We'll start with the 10,000 minute club.

This year, Sporting had one player join the list this year. Graham Zusi became the 15th player to play 10,000 minutes for Kansas City in league play.

With all the changes that Sporting KC has made near the end of the season there wasn't a lot of flexibility with who the team would choose to protect in this year's expansion draft. After the automatic protection of Kevin Ellis, Jon Kempin, Mikey Lopez, and Erik Palmer-Brown, there aren't a lot of players left on KC's roster to choose from.

After failing to win in four of the last five all star games, the MLS All Stars won last night against defending German champion, Bayern Munich. Second half goals from Bradley Wright-Phillips and Landon Donovan helped the all stars to a 2-1 win after Robert Lewandowski gave the Germans the lead in the first half.

The Rest

Earlier this week, the MLS Disciplinary Committee came out with their fines and suspensions for games this past week. Included in that was a fine for Igor Juliao for hands to the head/face of New England. The only suspension announced was on Colorado Rapids midfielder, Carlos Alvarez for entering the field of play and leaving the technical area as he celebrated a goal by teammate Gabriel Torres.